Census continues III
On to the 30's!
4230: spotted 7/2, 49 on Broadway by M*A*N
4231: spotted 7/18, 43 on 23rd by Smile43
4232: co-spotted 7/11, 43 on Thomas
4233:spotted 6/9, 49 route on Campus Pkwy by M*A*N
4234:spotted 6/10, 43 route on John St by Smile43
4235:spotted 6/10, 49 route on Broadway by M*A*N
4236: co-spotted 7/6, 49 on Broadway
4237:spotted 6/10, 49 route on Roanoke St by M*A*N
4238:
4239:
Census continues II
It took over a month to spot the 4219 and we're not sure the 4220 even exists. But the census forges ahead with the next 10 4200 series coaches (in order)!
4220: rode 6/9, 49 northbound by M*A*N
4221: spotted 5/8, 49 on Broadway by Smile43
4222: co-spotted 5/8, 43 or 49 on 15th Ave NE
4223: spotted 5/12, 49 on Campus Pkwy by M*A*N
4224: spotted 5/12, 49 on Broadway by Smile 43 (palindrome coach)
4225: spotted 6/2, 49 on U Bridge by M*A*N
4226: spotted 5/13, 49 on Broadway by M*A*N
4227: spotted 5/20, 44 on 15th by M*A*N
4228: spotted 6/3, 43 on 23rd Ave by Smile 43
4229: spotted 5/7, 49 on Campus Pkwy by M*A*N
***********DONE!****************
Historic MAN spotted!
While over on the Kitsap peninsula this weekend the Multiple O crew spotted a few retired MAN diesel coaches being stored in Bremerton. Not sure what they were doing there but several of these also made it Chicago where they worked for many years on CTA routes with only slight changes to the paint scheme (photo credit: ChicagoBus.org).
Census continues
I took us most of 2007 but we spotted 4200 through 4209 in order.
The census continues with the next 10 4200 series coaches!
4210: spotted 1/14, 44 route on 15th Ave NE
4211: spotted 1/15, 43 snow route on 10th Ave E
4212: spotted 1/24, 49 route on NE 45th St
4213: spotted 2/1, 44 route on 15th Ave NE
4214: spotted 2/8, 49 route on 10th Ave E
4215: spotted 2/26, 43 route on Thomas St
4216: spotted 3/23, 49 route on Broadway
4217: spotted 3/25, 49 route on Broadway
4218: co-spotted, 3/26, 49 route on 10th
4219: spotted 5/6, 49 route on Pine Street
futuristic options
The MO crew did some compare and contrast riding of novelty transit options this weekend. The monorail was notable for its impressive speed and interior layout. The SLUT was notable for its unimpressive slowness and insessant honking.
We concluded that Monorail and SLUT are primarily novelties and not of great intereast to the serious spotter.
More of interest: A Metro maintainance crew was observed working on a stranded 4200 series coach. A worker noted that it had the "old battery" and therefore lost power when the handi-ramp was lowered. hmmm...
Hot coach
No this is not the usual complaint about excessive heating on Metro coaches.
"Hot coach" refers to a coach that has recieved a power surge from the trolley wires.
The coach is dangerous to touch from the outside so no one can get on or off, but people already inside are safe. After the surge the coach loses power and becomes stranded. A driver on the 49 route infromed me of this this morning as we passed a stranded 4200 series coach. I was also informed that the inbound 49 was rerouted to the "43 wire" due to floooding of the Campus Pkwy underpass at the University Bridge. The flooding was confirmed in person (a minivan appeared stranded).
Census Update
It's Census time! Since no 4000-series coaches have been spotted recently, M*A*N and I have decided to conduct a census of all buses in the 4200-series. As of 10/2 we're going with real life spots only
The first ten:
4200: brick-and-mortar, Campus Parkway, 8/24 (off the wires)
4201; virtual spot, 7 route, 8/24 (later confirmed in person)
4202: spotted 10/3 49 route
4203: co-spotted 11/12, 49 route
4204: co-spotted 11/12, 49 route (companion coach)
4205: Spotted by M*A*N 11/13, 49 route
4206: co-rode 11/16, 43 route
4207: rode 12/3 by M*A*N, 43 route
4208: co-spotted 12/7, 44 route (companion coach) [ed 12/18/07]
4209: spotted 1/7 , 49 route on 15th Ave NE
